KC

Katie Clasen

Principal at Prelude Ventures

San Francisco, California

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Principal

    2023

    Prelude Ventures is a venture capital firm partnering with entrepreneurs to mitigate climate change by investing in the low carbon economy. Since 2013, we have invested in over 70 companies across advanced energy, food and agriculture, advanced computing, transportation and logistics, and advanced materials and manufacturing.

2022 - 2023

  • MBA Associate

    2022 - 2023

    Buoyant is an early-stage venture capital fund investing in digital solutions to climate risk across energy, agriculture & water, mobility, and the built environment.

  • Product

    2022 - 2023

    Through new battery materials chemistry, Sila Nano enables lighter, safer, higher energy density lithium-ion batteries for mass adoption of electric vehicles, smarter, longer-lasting portable electronics, and broader use of renewable power sources.

  • Senior Process Integration Engineer

    2019 - 2022

2015 - 2019

  • Crude Flexibility Lead

    2018 - 2019

    Leading site effort to understand, prioritize, and address key constraints, risks, and opportunities associated with new site feedstock to promote supply flexibility and resiliency

  • Associate Process Engineer

    2017 - 2018

    Process engineer supporting operational monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimization for atmospheric crude distillation, vacuum distillation, and catalytic reforming technologies

  • Graduate Process Engineer

    2015 - 2017

    Process engineer supporting operational monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimization for hydrotreating, desulfurization, and multipoint flaring technologies

2014 - 2014

  • Process Safety Engineer

    2014 - 2014

  • Process Improvement Engineer

    2014 - 2014

2013 - 2013

  • Technical Sales Engineer

    2013 - 2013